‘Please don’t politicise my son’s death, this is not a communal matter’, says father of madrasa student killed

“This is not a communal matter. It was an accident," says the father of Madarasa student who was killed during a scuffle in Delhi's Malviya Nagar.

Police have arrested the four accused minors and investigation in the case is underway. &nbsp

New Delhi: After a minor was killed during a scuffle on playing ground outside a madrasa in South Delhi's Malviya Nagar, the area was swarmed by hundreds, including policemen, members of student unions, community welfare groups, politicians, media and local residents on Friday.

Following a scuffle on the playing ground which was right outside a madrasa, some minor boys from the adjacent JJ cluster allegedly beat the eight-year-old boy to death. According to a report in the Hindustan Times, the deceased was identified as Mohammad Azeem. Azeem and his three friends had fought with the minor boys after an argument over playing space. Azeem succumbed to injuries on Thursday.

The Deputy Commissioner of Police (south), Vijay Kumar, told the national daily that the four accused boys were sent to a juvenile home on Friday. Meanwhile, the officer said Azeem did not have any external injury and that his autopsy reports are awaited to ascertain the cause of death.

Azeem belonged to Mewat district of Haryana, his father Khaleel Ahmed said that the death was caused due to an accident and that he does not want it to be politicised. Ahmed, a farmer by profession said, “Please do not politicise my son’s death. This is not a communal matter. It was an accident."

The local police are trying to maintain the law and order situation in the city though no such case has been registered yet. However, the lawyers and local welfare bodies on Friday swarmed the mosque to sort the dispute over the playing space. Most employees at the madrasa told the national daily that the playground has always been a bone of contention between the two groups. Police have arrested the four accused minors and investigation in the case is underway.